Nursery

Shooters Grove Nursery is a 39 place nursery which means we have a maximum of 39 children attending in the morning session and 39 in the afternoon session.

Sarah Kirk is the nursery teacher. We also have Kelly Vardy NVQ3 and Clare Marshall working in nursery. Carol Lewis is the Midday Supervisor who covers the lunch time session with the other nursery staff.

Nursery Sessions

When your child starts Nursery you will be entitled to 15 or 30 government funded hours (FEL). These hours can be used as you wish (and also split between providers). Some options available are;

15 hours:

5 morning sessions and 2 lunchtime sessions

5 afternoon sessions and 2 lunchtime sessions

A combination of 5 am and pm sessions and 2 lunchtimes

2.5 full day sessions.

30 hours:

5 short days (9am-3pm)

3 long days (7.45am-5.30pm)

Session Times

Morning session – 8.50am-11.20am

Lunchtime session – 11.20am-12.40pm

Afternoon session – 12.40pm – 3.10pm

We have extra sessions that can also be purchased if you require more than your FEL hours.

NEW for September 2017 -BREAKFAST and AFTER SCHOOL CLUB

We are extending the hours available in nursery from September 2017. Children will be able to arrive at our Breakfast club from 7.45am and remain in nursery until 5.30pm, 5 days a week.

For more details on all session times, prices and availability, please speak to Sarah Kirk (0114 2342268)

Starting Nursery

We introduce children into nursery three times a year, in September, January and April. Children start at these times over a staggered period as this enables us to settle the children and spend time with them individually.

After you have completed your application form, places are allocated in birth order as places become available in the September and January.

You will be invited to a welcome meeting where you can see nursery, meet the staff and be given more information about your child’s time in nursery.

You will also be given the option for some visits into nursery. We feel that making children familiar with the nursery and with staff before starting is important.

At this meeting we will arrange a home visit where two members of nursery staff will visit you. This is an opportunity for you to ask us any questions and for us to meet each other in your setting.

Activities

Every day the children have the opportunity to participate in a range of different activities. All these activities are planned to develop skills from the Early Years curriculum. The wide range of tasks are to encourage the children to be independent, creative and excited learners. Some examples of activities are mentioned below:

Nursery is split up into different developmental areas. The different areas contained carefully planned and delivered activities to help the children develop the necessary skills. The activities planned are a combination of child initiated tasks and small adult lead activities. The topics these tasks are based on the children's interests and are also planned to develop interests in a wide range of different areas.

We have a large outdoor area which is used in all weathers. We encourage investigating in the garden and in the nursery yard. The children have the opportunity to dig in the soil, play with sand and water and develop a love of nature and being outside.

How will I know how well my child is doing?

From September 2016 we have been using the Tapestry online assessment tool where all photographs and observations are recorded in a personal profile for each child. Each child's profile will be available for you to access at home so you can see what your child has been doing and any areas that they are working on.